Rail-fastener.



. i, Patented Mar. II, |902. W. MGWILLIE.

RAIL FASTENER (Application med my 26,1901.)

(No Modl.)

rvrrnn diaries .Parent @terreni XVILLIAM MCWILIJIE, OF CANTON,MISSISSIPPI.

RilnF/STENER.

SPECIFCA'EGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 695,112, dated March 11,1902.

Application filed May 20, 1901. Serial No. 61,176. (No model.)

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Beit known that I, WILLIAM MCWILLIE, a citizen of -the United States,residing at Canton, in the county of Madison and State of Mississippi,have invented a new and useful Rail-Fastener, of which the following isa specification.

The invention relates to improvements in rail-fasteners.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofrail-fasteners and to provide asimple, inexpensive,and efficient deviceadapted to secure the ends of the rails together and to connect the samewith the opposite rail, whereby the rails will be prevented fromspreading and the gage preserved.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a track'provided with a rail-fastener constructed in accordance with thisinvention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 3 is aperspective View of the railchair. Fig. 4 is a similar view of theclamp. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the tie-bar. Fig. 6 is a plan view,partly in section, illustrating a modification of the invention.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

ldesignates a rail-chair consisting of one solid piece, as illustratedin Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawings, and adapted to receive theadjacent ends of a pair of rails 2 and composed of a horizontal bottom 3and inner and outer sides 4, conforming to the configuration of therails and forming lish-4 plates for connecting the same. The sides ofthe chair, which are integral with the bottom, are perforated forthereception of bolts 5; but these may, if desired, be omitted, as therails cannot, except by longitudinal movement, become disengaged fromthe chair. The chair is provided at its ends withlateral extensions orplates 6, larranged on the adjacent cross-ties and projecting laterallyand longitudinally beyond the sides of the chair. The extensions orplates 6 are arranged in the same plane and form continuations of thenects the opposite rails, is recessed at opposite sides of its ends toform the reduced portions 10,and theinner ends of the transverselydisposed extension-plates are also secured to the cross-ties by spikes12. The lugs or tongues, which may be left in a vertical position, canbe bent downward upon the upper face of the tie-bar, and the parts arethereby securely interlocked. The tie-bar is arranged at each end of thechair, and each tie-bar is connected with the opposite rail 13 by aclamp 14, consisting of a bottom plate andinnerand outerjaws or sides 15and 16. The outer jaw consists of a continuous inwardly-extendingupwardly-inclined lip or flange, and the inner jaws consist ofapproximately L.- shaped flanges, which lit against the inner face ofthe vrail 13 and which conform to the configuration of the same. Thejaws 15 are located at opposite sides of an extension 17 of the bottom,and this extension is provided with a pair of upwardly-extending lugs ortongues 18, adapted to engage the adjacent reduced portion of thetie-barV 11. The clamps are secured to the cross-ties by suitable spikes19, and they are firmly connected with and are adapted to support therail 13.

In Fig. 6 of the drawings is illustrated a modification of theinvention, in which the chair 2O is provided with a central lateralextension 21, which is cut from the bottom of the chair and bentoutward, as shown.. The lateral extension 21 is connected with a tiebar22, by means of tongues or lugs similar to those before described, andthe said tiebar is connected with a clamp 23, constructed in the samemanner as the clamp 14. The chair illustrated in Fig. 6 may also be pr0-vided at its ends with laterally-disposed plates or extensions,substantially the same as those illustrated in Fig. 3, but without thelugs, to enable the chair to be spiked to the cross-tie at each side ofthe rail.

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The chair is adapted to be used as an ordinary rail-joint, and it may bespiked at the inner and outer sides by means of the laterally-disposedplates or extensions, and it will be clear that when the opposite railsare connected by the tie-bars they will be effectually prevented fromspreading. It Will also be apparent that the construction is especiallyadvantageous at sharp curves, where the pressure is heavy and Wherethere is great liability of the rails spreading.

The rail-chair is cut from a single piece of heavy metal and the clampsare made in a similar manner.

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a rail-chaircomposed of inner and outer sides, and a connecting bottom provided withtransversely-disposed plates or extensions projecting inward and outwardand located' at the ends of the chair beyond the inner and outer sides,and tie-bars secured to the plates or extensions at one end and providedat the other end with clamps, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the

combination of a chair composed of a bottom,

and inner and outer sides and provided With a lateral extension havingprojecting lugs or tongues, a clamp provided with projecting lugs ortongues, and a tie-barhaving reduced portions engaged by the lugs ortongues, whereby it is connected with the chair and the clamp,substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a chaircomprising inner and outer sides and a bottom provided at the ends ofthe chair with transversely-disposed plates or extensions having tonguesor lugs, clamps provided with tongues or lugs and having inner and outerjaws, and the tie-bars provided with reduced portions engaged by thetongues or lugs, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

WM. MCWILLIE.

Witnesses:

A. IURVIANCE, W. O. BALDWIN.

